The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur (Mrs), has stated that implementing social protection programmes would help reduce poverty, promote inclusive growth and address inequalities in the country.

The Kumawu Traditional Council has met the District Chief Executive, Samuel Asiamah and nine assembly members within the traditional area on Monday, 31st March, 2014 at the Kumawu Manhene's Palace.

The Ministry of Health and Development Partners in the Health sector have signed an Aide Memoire (a memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement) today, to address issues of quality healthcare and equity in providing healthcare to vulnerable communities in Ghana.

The Ghana Minerals Commission has held a media briefing in Accra to address concerns in the mining sector.

A 5 Kilowatt Solar Energy Panel costing 90 thousand Euros (€90,000.00) for the Accra Polytechnic has been inaugurated in Accra. The Solar Energy panel was donated by MP-Tec GmbH, a Solar Energy-based German Company.

Ghana's Parliament's Select Committee on Education has held a one-day interface meeting with service providers and beneficiaries of basic education in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region. Three different sessions were held including one between the Committee and the District Assembly's Central Management, the Ghana Education Service District Directorate, Circuit Supervisors, Headteachers and teachers who together made up the Service Providers group and another meeting between the Committee

A Kumasi based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Rural Development Youth Association (RUDEYA) in Ghana has organised a day's sensitization workshop for Forest Stakeholders in the Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo.

The Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MoGCSP), in collaboration with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has undertaken a free registration excercise for the Aged in the Greater Accra Region with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

The Sekyere Kumawu District Assembly is to institute measures to mobilise more revenue for development in the district. The measures includes a bye-law to be promulgated to give backing to the revenue task force; educating community members on the fee fixing and payable rates; and identifying new revenue areas to increase internally generated fund.

AFRICAN MUZIK Magazine, Big a Entertainment, and the African Muzik Magazine Awards [AFRIMMA] continue the mission of "crossing boundaries with music", with the latest confirmation of multi-platinum and Grammy Award winning recording artiste, T-pain.

Ghana's government is under pressure to investigate telecom service providers, following a revelation that the government is losing millions of cedis to tax evasion.

Two projects prepared by the Government of Ghana with the support of the World Bank, and which seek to boost significantly access to high impact education and health services, will be receiving US$229 million from the bank.

"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? - Isaiah 49:15a (NIV) INTRODUCTION We said in our article last week that mothers are very important that we will spend some weeks reflecting on how God sees women as our tribute to mothers in the month of May, the second Sunday of which is celebrated as Mother's Day.

THE CRIMINAL Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), are close to unraveling the persons behind the forgery of the signature of Mr. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Energy and Petroleum, to acquire an oil block.

Judges, lawyers and litigants who thronged the Cocoa Affairs Courts, in Accra on Wednesday, May 21, would willingly have put on raincoats and umbrellas in open court if they had come across any, according to reports.

DESPITE THE exasperating defence it has put up to whitewash the scandal-soaked Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Subah Infosolutions deal, the government now appears to be listening to public criticism, and plans not to renew the controversial contract when it expires next year.

Mawuli Atidoh, unemployed, on Thursday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for attempting to rob a taxi driver and a commercial sex worker of their monies and personal effects. He was charged with two counts of robbery, and has pleaded not guilty.

INFORMATION OBTAINED from a credible source at the Flagstaff House indicates that the Minister of Local Government & Rural Development, Akwasi Oppong-Fosu, has been summoned by President Mahama over the destruction of the Aburi Botanical Gardens Forest Reserve.

Accra, Ghana -Senior executives from 12 of the world's largest chocolate and cocoa companies are signing a joint agreement with the Government of Ghana as part of an unprecedented strategy to accelerate actions to make cocoa farming in the country sustainable. The plan, announced here today and known as CocoaAction, calls for building a rejuvenated and economically viable cocoa sector through increased cooperation between industry members and the Ghanaian government.

President John Mahama will be joined by a high powered government delegation at a three day international forum on leadership in Africa.